#fascinating….

Mary had to have her own good reasons for her reticence. It must be remembered that her aim in keeping a journal was to justify her decision to sail: she set out to write an account that her friends at home could read after she had gotten home, to ‘form some correct ideas as regards to my feelings’, during her voyage. Lurid accounts of floggings and beatings would not have advanced her cause at all; indeed, they would have presented her husband in a somewhat unflattering light. Her omissions were probably diplomatic.”

not the club dread bill paxton song…. and ween and the butthole surfers is on here specifically because i’ve been listening to my karl workaholics playlist so much during work 🫶😌 lmao